Objective. Empyema remains a significant cause of morbidity in children. This study evaluates
the changes that have affected the outcome in children with pleural empyema, including …

The iconic Miller’s pyramid, proposed in 1989, characterizes 4 levels of assessment in
medical education (“knows,”“knows how,”“shows how,”“does”). The frame work has created a …

Background Medical training is increasingly occurring in the ambulatory setting for final year
medical students and residents. This study looks to identify if gender, school, level of training…

Assessing entrustable professional activities (EPAs), or carefully chosen units of work that
define a profession and are entrusted to a resident to complete unsupervised once she or he …

Forty-six corneas from 25 patients who had had type II (adult-onset) diabetes for more than
ten years were examined by specular microscopy with quantitative morphometric analyses of …

Problem In 2009–2010, the postgraduate residency training program at the Department of
Family Medicine, Queen’s University, wrestled with the practicalities of competency-based …

The use of portfolios in postgraduate medical residency education to support competency
development is increasing; however, the processes by which these assessment systems are …

Background Reducing treatment burden is a priority for people with cystic fibrosis, whose
health has benefited from using new modulators that substantially increase CFTR protein …

Adaptive expertise has been promoted as an emerging model of expertise in health
professions education in response to the inherent complexities of patient care; however, as the …

Competency-based residency education can be enhanced by deliberately incorporating
teaching and assessment strategies that facilitate adult learning. Kolb’s Learning Cycle of …